342 



THE RUGOSA TYPE OF ROSES. 



few can be found. There is still a large area in which 

 the eggs have not been destroyed. This will have atten- 

 tion during the present season. 



The accompanying illustrations (pages 335, 337, 339 

 and 341) give a good idea of the "abomination of deso- 

 lation " left in the wake of the gypsy-moth, and the prime 



importance of fighting it promptly and vigorously as soon 

 as its appearance is noticed. The above cited Massa- 

 chusetts experience outlines the methods necessary to 

 destroy this pest, so no time need be wasted in experi- 

 menting. The great importance of concerted action may 

 also be noticed. 



THE RUGOSA TYPE OF ROSES. 



NEW AND PROMISING SPECIES. 



|ANY cultivators of flowers have not 

 yet introduced into their grounds the 

 Japanese strain of roses, of which 

 Rosa rugosa — the wrinkled-leaved 

 rose — is the type. This is the more to 

 be regretted because, in these days 

 when the complaint about the devasta- 

 tion of roses by insects is so wide-spread, this compara- 

 tively new type is, to a remarkable degree, free from the 

 insects that infest roses. 



The rugosa species has frequently been illustrated and 

 described in this journal, (see American Garden, Vol. XI, 

 pages 182, 422, 665, and Vol. XII., page 755.) It first 

 attracted the attention of Europeans when, in 1S45, it 

 was introduced from Japan. It is time that this species, 

 and the varieties and hybrids arising from it, were known 



in every American garden, for all are hardy, handsome 

 and desirable. 



This wrinkled-leaved rose is very distinct in character, 

 and at once attracts attention among other kinds by its 

 rich, dark green leaves, conspicuously wrinkled, and by 

 its peculiar habit of growth. In the engravings given 

 of (pages 342 and 343) R. rugosa, as brought from 

 Central Russia by Professor J. L. Budd, the handsome 

 single flower, some foliage and fruit-vessels of the species 

 are shown, all considerably reduced in size. The orig- 

 inal flower of the engraving measured six inches ac^'oss. 

 The flowers of the typical form are large, solitary, of a 

 beautiful rosy crimson, with the sepals reflexed and very 

 narrow. There are new varieties in other shades of red 

 and pink, even down to white, all possessing otherwise 

 the characteristics of the original form. 



